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Mod F
Unit #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| menarche | 1st menstrula period |
| endo- | within |
| metr/i | uterus |
| dys- | difficult, painful |
| an- | without |
| -osis | disease |
| phim/o | constrict |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| orch/o | testicle |
| sperm/o | sperm |
| orchid/o | testicle |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| olig/o | scanty |
| metri/o | uterus |
| -ism | state of |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| men/o | menses |
| mast/o | breast |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -um | thing |
| -rrhagia | bursing forth |
| mamm/o | breast |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cryptorchidism | condition of undescended testilce (s) |
| areola | the darker, pegmented, circular area surrounding the nipple of each breast |
| myometrium | the muscular layer fo the wall of the uterus |
| hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy | complete hysterectomy |
| mammoplasty | surgical REAIR of the breast |
| endometriosis | growth of tissue outside the endometrium |
| anorchism | absence of one or both testicles |
| amenorrhea | absence of menstrual flow |
| impotence | the inability of a male to achieve or substain an erection |
| oligospermia | low sperm count |
| hyserectomy | surgical removal of the uterus |
| orchidopexy | surgical fixation to move undescended testes into the scrotum |
| dysmenorrhea | painful menstrual cycles |
| vasectomy | surgical rmoval of the Vas Dferens for male sterilzation |
| coitus | sexial intercourse |
| BPH | Benign Prostatic Hyperplsia |
| hypospadias | congeital defect in which the urethra opens on the underside of the penis |
| masectomy | surgical REMOVAL of the breast |
| puberty | period of life at which the ability to reproduce begins |
| metrorrhagia | uterine bleeding at time other than the menstrual period |
| phimosis | atightness of the foreskin of the penis that prevents it from being pulled back |
| perineum | area between the vaginal orifice & anus in females and area between the testicles & anus |
| Bartgholin's Gland | 2 small, mucus-secreting glands located at the entrance of the vagina |